Author : C. R. Harington
Publisher :
Page : 890 pages
File Size : 26,14 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Arctic Archipelago (N.W.T.) Antiquities
ISBN :
Papers giving general discussions on support for, conflict in, and the future of scientific research in the Arctic islands. The document then considers the geosphere, consisting of fossils and paleoenvironments; the hydro-cryosphere, consisting of freshwater, sea and ice; the atmosphere; the biosphere, consisting of living plants, insects, fishes, birds and mammals other than people; and the anthroposphere, consisting of human prehistory, history and recent expeditions.
Author : Charles Richard Harington
Publisher :
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 12,16 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Arctic Archipelago (Nunavut and N.W.T.)
ISBN :
Author : Charles Richard Harington
Publisher :
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 19,2 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Arctic Archipelago (Nunavut and N.W.T.)
ISBN :
Author : Charles Richard Harington
Publisher :
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 31,71 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Arctic Archipelago (Nunavut and N.W.T.)
ISBN :
Author : Donna Naughton
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 31,89 MB
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1442622326
This selection features the sections on hoofed animals, including horses, moose, deer, bison, sheep, and more. The Natural History of Canadian Mammals is a beautifully illustrated, up-to-date guide to all 215 known species of mammals in Canada. It features brand-new, full-colour images of each species, as well as stunning photographs from Canadian Geographic magazine’s national photography competitions depicting the animals in their natural environments. Along with being a visual treat, this book is jam-packed with information accessible to readers at all levels. Detailed descriptions are provided of each mammal’s appearance, habitat, and behavior, while colour maps show their full distribution across Canada, North America, and globally. The book also includes practical guides on tracking and identification for readers who would like to learn how to spot mammals in the wild. Among its most special features is a series of colour plates with vignettes of the Canadian representatives of each group, sized relative to one another for easy comparison and linked to the full species accounts later in the book.
Author : Geoffrey A.J. Scott
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 10,48 MB
Release : 1995-01-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 0773565094
Canada's Vegetation includes comprehensive sections on tundra, forest-tundra, boreal forest and mixed forest transition, prairie (steppe), Cordilleran environments in western North America, temperate deciduous forests, and wetlands. An overview of each ecosystem is provided, and equivalent vegetation types throughout the world are reviewed and compared with those in Canada. The integration of data on climate, soil, and vegetation in a single volume makes this an invaluable reference tool. Canada's Vegetation is sure to become a standard textbook for those in the environmental sciences.
Author : Mark Nuttall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2306 pages
File Size : 50,81 MB
Release : 2005-09-23
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1136786805
With detailed essays on the Arctic's environment, wildlife, climate, history, exploration, resources, economics, politics, indigenous cultures and languages, conservation initiatives and more, this Encyclopedia is the only major work and comprehensive reference on this vast, complex, changing, and increasingly important part of the globe. Including 305 maps. This Encyclopedia is not only an interdisciplinary work of reference for all those involved in teaching or researching Arctic issues, but a fascinating and comprehensive resource for residents of the Arctic, and all those concerned with global environmental issues, sustainability, science, and human interactions with the environment.
Author : Christine Ann Ribic
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520954092
Declining bird populations, especially those that breed in North American grasslands, have stimulated extensive research on factors that affect nest failure and reduced reproductive success. Until now, this research has been hampered by the difficulties inherent in observing nest activities. Video Surveillance of Nesting Birds highlights the use of miniature video cameras and recording equipment yielding new important and some unanticipated insights into breeding bird biology, including previously undocumented observations of hatching, incubation, fledging, diurnal and nocturnal activity patterns, predator identification, predator-prey interactions, and cause-specific rates of nest loss. This seminal contribution to bird reproductive biology uses tools capable of generating astonishing results with the potential for fresh insights into bird conservation, management, and theory.
Author : Vicki E. Szabo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 16,7 MB
Release : 2008-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 904743241X
Medieval people viewed whales in complex and contradictory ways, from marvelous to monstrous to mundane, heaven-sent or hell-bent. Despite this, whales are conspicuous in their absence from most historical and archaeological dialogues on the Middle Ages. Drawing upon a wealth of legal, literary and material evidence, this work details the ways in which whales were sought out and scavenged at sea and shore, fought over in legal and physical battles, and prized for meat, bone and fuel. Using Old Norse sagas, laws and material culture, alongside comparative historical and ethnographic evidence, Monstrous Fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea reexamines the value of whales in the medieval North Atlantic world.
Author : Stephen S. Talbot
Publisher :
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 33,4 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Gap analysis (Conservation biology)
ISBN :
